A Miltonic Exercise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B BBCDDC EEFGGF HHA AAA AAAIIA JJKLLK| TERCENTENARY | A |
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| Stops of various Quills LYCIDAS | B |
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| What need of votive Verse | B |
| To strew thy Laureat Herse | B |
| With that mix'd Flora of th' Aonian Hill | C |
| Or Mincian vocall Reed | D |
| That Cam and Isis breed | D |
| When thine own Words are burning in us still | C |
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| Bard Prophet Archimage | E |
| In this Cash cradled Age | E |
| We grate our scrannel Musick and we dote | F |
| Where is the Strain unknown | G |
| Through Bronze or Silver blown | G |
| That thrill'd the Welkin with thy woven Note | F |
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| Yes we are selfish Men | H |
| Yet would we once again | H |
| Might see Sabrina braid her amber Tire | A |
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| Or watch the Comus Crew | A |
| Sweep down the Glade or view | A |
| Strange streamer'd Craft from Javan or Gadire | A |
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| Or could we catch once more | A |
| High up the Clang and Roar | A |
| Of Angel Conflict Angel Overthrow | A |
| Or with a World begun | I |
| Behold the young ray'd Sun | I |
| Flame in the Groves where the Four Rivers go | A |
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| Ay me I fondly dream | J |
| Only the Storm bird's Scream | J |
| Foretells of Tempest in the Days to come | K |
| Nowhere is heard up climb | L |
| The lofty lyric Rhyme | L |
| And the God gifted Organ voice is dumb | K |
Henry Austin Dobson
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